Career Coaching @ AHA

Career Coaching at AHA is delivered through Horizon Careers, the Career Management and Development unit of AHA, and is an integrated part of your student experience, not an optional add-on.

From your first year of study to your transition into the job market, you are supported by the AHA Horizon Careers and an assigned Career Counselor, whose role is to guide you academically, professionally, and personally – with care, structure, and continuity.

At AHA, career development is not left to chance.
We work with you consistently, helping you grow into a confident, self-aware, and career-ready professional.

Career Coaching is a personalized and ongoing process, adapted to your individual needs, personality, pace, and life context.

It combines:

You are never expected to “figure things out on your own”.

Year 1 – Career set-up, clarity & self-awareness

Your first year is about laying the foundation of your future career.

This stage is a much-needed career set-up, the first and most important step in long-term Career Planning. Before choosing roles, internships, or industries, we focus on helping you understand who you are, what suits you, and how career decisions are made in a healthy, informed way.

With support from Horizon Careers and the AHA Career Office, you benefit from:

Goal: reduce confusion and anxiety, build confidence, and create a solid career foundation from the very beginning.

First Internship Period – Supported transition into practice

Your first internship is often exciting – and emotionally challenging at the same time.

It is also your first real building block in your career, a critical experience that matters and lays the foundation for future professional confidence.

During this period:

You are supported not only professionally, but also emotionally and psychologically, especially when new environments activate stress or personal triggers.

Year 2 – Exploration, feedback & planning ahead

In your second year, the focus shifts toward understanding how you function in real professional contexts and planning more intentionally.

Support includes:

Goal: transform experience into insight and insight into a clearer career direction.

Second Internship Period – Ongoing guidance & emotional safety

As responsibilities increase, so can pressure and emotional load.

During your second internship:

This is often a defining growth period – and we are present throughout it.

Year 3 – Transition beyond graduation

Your final year focuses on decisions that shape what comes next.

Through Horizon Careers, you receive:

Goal: leave AHA with clarity, confidence, and a realistic, well-supported next step.

At AHA, Career Coaching is also about helping you develop something essential for your entire life:
the ability to face challenges, adapt, and keep going even when things feel difficult.

Internships, new environments, pressure, feedback, mistakes, and moments of self-doubt are not seen as failures – they are growth moments. With the right support, these experiences become opportunities to build resilience, emotional regulation, and confidence.

Our role is not to remove challenges, but to walk alongside you while you learn how to manage them.

Through continuous guidance from your Career Counselor, reflective conversations, and emotional support, students learn how to:

Successfully completing internships and navigating challenges builds a powerful inner belief that many students describe in simple words:

“I can do hard things.”

Eva Lixandroiu, AHA student

This confidence does not disappear after graduation.

It becomes a lifelong skill, one that supports future career moves, personal transitions, and the many unexpected realities life may bring.

Our long-term goal is not just employability, but self-efficacy, resilience, and adaptability, so students leave AHA prepared not only for their first job, but for life beyond it.

Support is always coordinated through the Career Office to ensure continuity, confidentiality, and care.
You are supported as a whole person, not just as a student.

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